Community Calendar

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70 Bieber Alley 610-6835820 Every Monday in October Preschool Story Time: 10 a.m. Ages 3-5, stories and craft.

Toddler Time Story Time: 11 a.m. ages 0-3, stories and songs.

Pokémon League: 5 to 7 p.m. Trading Card Games to earn points for Promo Cards and Badges. Challenge other Pokémon Trading Card Game fans to matches. All ages and experience levels welcome. No cost involved. Every Tuesday in October Storyrider Story Time with Mama Patt: 9:45 a.m. ages 2-5, stories and games.

Teen Tuesday: 3 p.m. ages 12 and up. Every Wednesday Wiggly Wednesday: 10 a.m. Each week different activities.

Oct. 11:- Toddler Play Time ages 2 & up

Oct. 18: Block Party, a playtime with blocks for children ages 2 & up

Oct. 25: Toddler Play Time ages 2 & up

Every Thursday in October

Toddler Story Time: 10 a.m. ages 3 and under, stories and songs

Preschool Story Time: 11 a.m. ages 3-5, stories and craft. Every Saturday in October Lego Construction Crew: 10 a.m. ages 3-12 invited for creative Lego fun. Legos provided. Upcoming Library Events Oct. 5 Art Cats: Kids 1st grade & up get together to do arts and crafts. Bring own project or do a planned project. Today’s project is felt pennants. 4 p.m.

Oct. 5 Adult Craft Night: 6:30 p.m. Come make a Woven Reindeer Ornament. $5 payable at event. Call 610683-5820 to sign up.

Oct. 19 Kutztown Area Garden Club meeting: at 7 p.m. at Kutztown Community Library

Oct. 27 Family Movie Night: ”Emoji Movie” 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 7, 21, 28 Used Book Sale: 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Oct. 14 Used Book Sale: $5 bag sale 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Oct. 14 Bus Trip to New York City: Plan Your Own Day! Cost $43 per person includes trip up and back as well as bus driver tip. Leaving at 8 a.m. from Giant parking lot in Kutztown and leaving NYC at 6 p.m. from Bryant Park. Sponsored by Kutztown Community Library. Call 610-683-5820 to register.

Oct. 15 BINGO supporting the Kutztown Community Library: 2 p.m. at Kutztown Fire Company, 310 Noble. Prizes from local merchants & artisans. Specials, raffles, door prizes and baked goods. Tickets $20 for 20 games ($25 day of) at the library, 610-683-5820. Includes hot dog, chips & drink. AREA EVENTS Oct. 7 Family style, AYCE Homemade Turkey Pot Pie: 4-7 p.m. at St. Peter’s UCC of Molltown, Fleetwood. Adults $9, Children 5- 12 years $4.50. Take-out quarts $7. Takeout dinners available. 610944-9418 Oct. 8 Reaching Out and Touching Hearts and Souls: St. Paul’s UCC, 47 S. Whiteoak St., Kutztown, at 2 p.m. on Dedication Sunday. Dedicating Sharadin Lounge which displays painting by artist Henry Sharadin. Mural titled Let The Children Come To Me has been restored by Property Committee members and other church volunteers and friends, and preserved by artist Jonathan Bond of Kempton. Community invited. Oct. 10 Book Discussion Group: 7 p.m. “The Night Stranger” by Chris Bohjalian. Kutztown Community Library, 70 Bieber Alley 610-683-5820 Oct. 11 Know Your Symphony series: 7:30 p.m. at The Highlands in Wyomissing. Andrew Constantine, music director of Reading Symphony Orchestra, will discuss Beethoven’s and Tchaikovsky’s works. Sponsored by Penn State Berks and symphony League. Tickets $5. Oct. 11 Civics for Grownups: 6 to 8 p.m. at Brandywine Heights Area High School, 103 Old Topton Road, Mertztown. Free, non-partisan seminar to help adults understand how U.S. government is supposed to work, recognize when it works differently than designed, and take the active role necessary to ‘own our government.’ Ages 16 and older. Free admission. Register at www.civicsforgrownups.org/ scheduleandregistration. Oct. 13 Travis Wetzel Trio concert: 8 p.m. at St. John’s UCC, 257 W. Walnut St., Kutztown. Travis Wetzel Trio provides an acoustic variety of music including bluegrass, country, gospel, celtic, klezmer, jazz, swing, blues, and Native American. For more info about Travis, visit www. traviswetzel.com. Concert presented by Kutztown Folk Music Society. $7 donation at door or $5 with Student I.D. Children 12 & under free. Membership $40/season includes all 8 concerts. Prorated Season Pass available beginning in November. For more information contact, Keith – 610-683-8720, Alan – 610-248-0508, Peggy – 610683-5224. Visit www.kfms. org, www.youtube.com/ user/KutztownFolkMusicSoc, https://www.facebook. com/Kutztown-Folk-MusicSociety. This project funded in part through grants from Berks Arts Council & The Wyomissing Foundation. Oct. 14 14th Annual Gospel Singalong: 2 to 7 p.m., at the Fleetwood Grange, 2864 Moselem Springs Road, Fleetwood. Join us for fellowship, praise, worship, and an evening meal. Sing along with Wendell & Rita Yoder, Revival Rivers, the Roland Zimmerman Family, Paul & Mary Good, and Deer Hill. For more information, call 610-756-3759. Oct. 15 BINGO supporting the Kutztown Community Library: 2 p.m. at Kutztown Fire Co., 310 Noble. Prizes from local merchants & artisans. Specials, raffles, door prizes and baked goods. Tickets $20 for 20 games, $25 day of. Oct. 18 Civics for Grownups: 6 to 8 p.m. at Keystone Villa at Fleetwood, 501 Hoch Road (just off of Park Road), Blandon. Free, non-partisan seminar to help adults understand how U.S. government is supposed to work, recognize when it works differently than designed, and take the active role necessary to ‘own our government.’ Ages 16 and older. Free admission. Register at www.civicsforgrownups.org/ scheduleandregistration. Oct. 18 Book Launch: “The Village of Lower Longswamp” Oct. 18, 7-8:30 p.m. at Savidge Farms, 1710 State St., Mertztown (follow the “Pumpkin Patch” signs and enter property from Dogwood Dr.). Complimentary light refreshments and camaraderie inside one of Longswamp Township’s many historic barns. Free admission. No purchase necessary. Oct. 19 Free informational session: on adoption and child foster care 6 p.m. at Diakon Adoption & Foster Care, on campus of The Lutheran Home at Topton, One S. Home Ave., Topton. To attend, call, toll-free, 1-888582-2230 or 610-682-1504 to register. Diakon Adoption & Foster Care staff will explain foster parenting as well as the processes involved in adopting a child. Learn about children available for adoption as well as the foster-to-adopt program and a new service providing foster care for medically fragile children. Oct. 25 Knitting Baby Hats for Lehigh Valley Hospital: 1 p.m. at Kutztown Community Library, bring knitting needles size 4-6. Yarn provided. Sign up at 610-683-5820. Oct. 26 Winning move workshop on how to downsize and sell a home: The Lutheran Home at Topton, 1 South Home Ave., Topton, at 2 p.m. Oct. 26 in the tavern on campus. Mary Clark from Transition Connections and Tom Degler from Keller Williams Realty Elite will offer tips on “rightsizing” to transition to a new home, particularly within a senior living community. RSVP at 610-682-1413. Nov. 8 Civics for Grownups: 6 to 8 p.m. at Keystone Villa at Fleetwood, 501 Hoch Road (just off of Park Road), Blandon. Free, non-partisan seminar to help adults understand how US government is supposed to work, recognize when it works differently than designed, and take the active role necessary to ‘own our government.’ Ages 16 and older. Free admission. Register at www.civicsforgrownups.org/ scheduleandregistration. Nov. 10 Carl Peterson concert: 8 p.m. at St. John’s UCC, 257 W. Walnut St., Kutztown. Peterson performs traditional songs of Scotland, Ireland, and England, as well as contem-porary music. www. carl-peterson.com/cpbio. html. Concert presented by Kutztown Folk Music Society. $7 donation at door or $5 with Student I.D. Children 12 & under free. Membership $40/season includes all 8 concerts. Prorated Season Pass available beginning in November. For more information contact, Keith – 610-683-8720, Alan – 610248-0508, Peggy – 610-6835224. Visit www.kfms.org, www.youtube.com/user/ KutztownFolkMusicSoc, https://www.facebook.com/ Kutztown-Folk-Music-Society. Funded in part through grants from Berks Arts Council & The Wyomissing Foundation. Dec. 8 Saul Broudy & Jim Dragoni concert: 8 p.m. at St. John’s UCC, 257 W. Walnut St., Kutztown. Country, blues, bluegrass and other traditional and contemporary forms of grassroots American music. www.dragoni.com https://tinyurl.com/ y8jn8a65. Concert presented by Kutztown Folk Music Society. $7 donation at door or $5 with Student I.D. Children 12 & under free. For more information contact, Keith – 610-683-8720, Alan – 610-248-0508, Peggy – 610683-5224. Visit www.kfms. org, www.youtube.com/ user/KutztownFolkMusicSoc, https://www.facebook. com/Kutztown-Folk-Music-Society. Funded in part through grants from Berks Arts Council & The Wyomissing Foundation. Jan. 12 Jay Smar concert: 8 p.m. at St. John’s UCC, 257 W. Walnut St., Kutztown. Traditional American and original folk, old time mountain music, blue-grass and gospel tunes, as well as coal mining songs of Northeast Pennsylvania. www.jaysmar.com. Concert presented by Kutztown Folk Music Society. $7 donation at door or $5 with Student I.D. Children 12 & under free. For more information contact, Keith – 610-683-8720, Alan – 610248-0508, Peggy – 610-6835224. Visit www.kfms.org, www.youtube.com/user/ KutztownFolkMusicSoc, https://www.facebook.com/ Kutztown-Folk-Music-Society. Funded in part through grants from Berks Arts Council & The Wyomissing Foundation. Feb. 9 Jolly Tars Duo concert: 8 p.m. at St. John’s UCC, 257 W. Walnut St., Kutztown. Music from the 19th century including Industrial Revolution, Civil War, Irish folk, Maritime, Minstrel stage and popular songs and tunes of the era. www.jollytars.com. Concert presented by Kutztown Folk Music Society. $7 donation at door or $5 with Student I.D. Children 12 & under free. For more information contact, Keith – 610683-8720, Alan – 610-2480508, Peggy – 610-683-5224. Visit www.kfms.org. March 9 Alf Bashore concert: 8 p.m. at St. John’s UCC, 257 W. Walnut St., Kutztown. Multi-instrumentalist from the Danville area specializing in acoustic instrumental music in a variety of styles including Blues, Celtic, Traditional and Folk. www.facebook.com/a.j.bashore. Concert presented by Kutztown Folk Music Society. $7 donation at door or $5 with Student I.D. Children 12 & under free. For more information contact, Keith – 610-6838720, Alan – 610-248-0508, Peggy – 610-683-5224. Visit www.kfms.org. April 13 Don Sinetti concert: 8 p.m. at St. John’s UCC, 257 W. Walnut St., Kutztown. Folk songs ranging from sea shanties to haunting whaling ballads and Appalachian instrumentals. www. crackerbarrel-ents.com/Sineti/bio.htm. Concert presented by Kutztown Folk Music Society. $7 donation at door or $5 with Student I.D. Children 12 & under free. For more information contact, Keith – 610-683-8720, Alan – 610-248-0508, Peggy – 610-683-5224. Visit www. kfms.org. May 11 Buffalo Mountain Bluegrass Band concert: 8 p.m. at St. John’s UCC, 257 W. Walnut St., Kutztown. Bluegrass, civil war, patriotic, gospel, country, Irish, and Scottish music. www.buffalomountainbluegrass.com. Concert presented by Kutztown Folk Music Society. $7 donation at door or $5 with Student I.D. Children 12 & under free. For more information contact, Keith – 610-683-8720, Alan – 610-248-0508, Peggy – 610-683-5224. Visit www. kfms.org.